rossetti critical quotations Flashcards
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john ruskin, sesame and lilies, 1865, pt ii
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- “the man’s power is active, progressive, defensive. he is eminently the doer, the creator’’
- “the woman’s power is for rule, not battle - and her intellect is not for invention or creation, but for sweet ordering, arrangement.”
2
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sandra gilbert
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suggests that the fruit is access to the artistic world
males were dominant in the arts and literature
women had to give up a portion of themselves for access
3
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simone de beauvoir
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“in a patriarchal culture, woman inevitably experiences herself as object and other”
4
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chodorow’s “fundamental asymmetry”
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- “men are socially and psychologically reproduced by women”
- “but women are reproduced (or not) largely by themselves”
- “female economics”
5
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marian shulkhauser, “the feminine christ”
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- goblins: sin, evil (tempting the girls with fruit)
- laura: adam and eve (giving into temptation)
- lizzie: christ (taking on the burden of sins for the purpose of offering salvation)
6
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martine watson brownley, “love and sensuality in christina rossetti’s goblin market”
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- goblins: male sexuality (fruit as a sexual metaphor)
- laura: “immature, self-centred sexuality”
- lizzie: sexuality based on love and connection with another person
7
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freud’s psychoanalytical theory
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- laura: carnal instincts, doesn’t think about the consequences, gives herself over to desire
- goblins: represent sin and desire, sly
gluttonous action of eating until it’s painful is also sinful –> desire for gratification and maximum pleasure
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